Hollywood Gothique wrote:

Dare I suggest that your memory is playing tricks regarding the amount of time spent ashore? And no, the review was in regards to the first JAWS.

There are other things about the film that are wrong. In the book, Hooper advises the mayor that the shark is likely long gone after the intial attack, so it makes sense that the town would re-open the beaches. In the film, Hooper invents this theory of "territoriality" and says the shark is probably still out there, waiting to eat someone else - and the mayor opens the beaches anyway.

The whole Mafia subplot in the book was...well, I don't know what to call it, but at least it provided a motivation for why the mayor was so desperate to keep the beaches open. In the movie, the mayor is just stupid.



No, my mind isn't playing any tricks on me, having seen the film for a couple of dozen times (or so) by now, and knowing it inside and out. Even if there is lots of "ashore time," the point is none of it is ever boring, and the characterizations and incidents going on are always interesting. Everything is a means to an end. So it never even comes close to being "a bore ashore", whatver that's supposed to mean.

The idea of the Mayor opening the beaches anyway in the movie is that he's being ignorant and only cares about The Almighty Dollar. He eventually gets a shock himself to make him come to his senses. Works for me.

Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Dec 9 07 9:35 AM. Edited 2 times.